The annual Pride Town Hall will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 20 at Walter Johnson High School. Students and their families, staff, youth service providers and community members are welcome to attend. The event will feature workshops, activities for elementary students, community building for secondary students and a resource fair. Workshops will be held on a range of topics, including:
- Interrupting Bias for Real: Intervention Techniques for Everyone
- Strategies for Supporting Children of LGBTQ+ Families
- LGBTQIA+ Affirming MCPS Policies and Forms
- Supporting Your LGBTQIA+ Children: From the Mouths of Middle Schoolers
- Inclusivity in MCPS Athletics
- Transitioning in MCPS
The keynote speaker is Elizabeth Graham, a local advocate who speaks to her lived experiences as a transgender, autistic woman. Graham works with the LGBTQIA+ community, helping to run a peer-led transgender support group. She is dedicated to supporting transgender and neurodivergent people. Walter Johnson is located at 6400 Rock Spring Drive in Bethesda. RSVP. LGBTQ+ webpage.